Saturday, May 8, 2010

WHISPER POWER

ParenTip: WHISPER POWER

There is power in whispering. Power much stronger than you wield by yelling which is so easily tuned out.

What can whispering accomplish?

  • You can get a toddler to stop crying by the simple act of whispering.
  • A child can be kept quiet and happy on a long plane flight if you sit close and whisper in the child's ear while you play little games.
  • If a child is acting up in a public place sometimes just taking the child on your lap and whispering can be calming.
  • When a child seems embarrassed and is reluctant to talk or answer a question suggest a whisper.
  • When siblings are getting noisy in their play suggest they whisper to each other for awhile.
  • When you are correcting a child in public kneel down to his or her level and whisper, “We don’t use that word in our family.”

While you’re thinking about whisper power listen to your home. Is everybody talking loud because there is so much background noise? If so turn down the volume.

Love itself is quiet, not raucous. We don’t shout sweet nothings to a loved one do we? We whisper our words of love.

In dealing with children, especially young children or children who are upset, soft is better than loud and slow is better than fast.

Parents out there : If you have other ways to calm your child and/or yourself tell us about them.

Marilyn Heins, MD

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